How do I add the Adobe PDF reader activex control to a form?

In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and selected
PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file (stored in a
SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control, but it
doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then tried to
set the src property programattically in the onload event for the form, but
there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB editor.

Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF document
in my form without having to click the link and have it open in another
window.

"Rob Harrington" <Rob > wrote in message
news:...
> In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and selected
> PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file (stored in
> a
> SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control, but it
> doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then tried
> to
> set the src property programattically in the onload event for the form,
> but
> there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
> editor.
>
> Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF document
> in my form without having to click the link and have it open in another
> window.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> -Rob Harrington

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Thank you Arvin. Where do I find the browser control? it doesn't show up as
one of the available activeX controls. Can you point me to an example or
documentation?

-Rob Harrington

"Arvin Meyer MVP" wrote:
> Early Adobe ActiveX did this, but Adobe made it more difficult starting with
> version 5.0. You might try using an IE browser control and open PDF document
> within that.
> --
> Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
> http://www.datastrat.com
> http://www.mvps.org/access
> http://www.accessmvp.com
>
>
> "Rob Harrington" <Rob > wrote in message
> news:...
> > In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and selected
> > PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file (stored in
> > a
> > SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control, but it
> > doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then tried
> > to
> > set the src property programattically in the onload event for the form,
> > but
> > there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
> > editor.
> >
> > Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF document
> > in my form without having to click the link and have it open in another
> > window.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > -Rob Harrington
>
>
>

I figured out how to turn on the web browser control and I added it to my
form, but when I try webBrowser3.Navigate = "www.mydomain.com" I get an error
that this method is not supported. I don't see a SRC or URL method - how to I
send a URL to my control?

-Rob

"Rob Harrington" wrote:
> Thank you Arvin. Where do I find the browser control? it doesn't show up as
> one of the available activeX controls. Can you point me to an example or
> documentation?
>
> -Rob Harrington
>
> "Arvin Meyer MVP" wrote:
>
> > Early Adobe ActiveX did this, but Adobe made it more difficult starting with
> > version 5.0. You might try using an IE browser control and open PDF document
> > within that.
> > --
> > Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
> > http://www.datastrat.com
> > http://www.mvps.org/access
> > http://www.accessmvp.com
> >
> >
> > "Rob Harrington" <Rob > wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and selected
> > > PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file (stored in
> > > a
> > > SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control, but it
> > > doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then tried
> > > to
> > > set the src property programattically in the onload event for the form,
> > > but
> > > there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
> > > editor.
> > >
> > > Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF document
> > > in my form without having to click the link and have it open in another
> > > window.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > >
> > > -Rob Harrington
> >
> >
> >

"Rob Harrington" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I figured out how to turn on the web browser control and I added it to my
> form, but when I try webBrowser3.Navigate = "www.mydomain.com" I get an
> error
> that this method is not supported. I don't see a SRC or URL method - how
> to I
> send a URL to my control?
>
> -Rob
>
> "Rob Harrington" wrote:
>
>> Thank you Arvin. Where do I find the browser control? it doesn't show up
>> as
>> one of the available activeX controls. Can you point me to an example or
>> documentation?
>>
>> -Rob Harrington
>>
>> "Arvin Meyer MVP" wrote:
>>
>> > Early Adobe ActiveX did this, but Adobe made it more difficult starting
>> > with
>> > version 5.0. You might try using an IE browser control and open PDF
>> > document
>> > within that.
>> > --
>> > Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
>> > http://www.datastrat.com
>> > http://www.mvps.org/access
>> > http://www.accessmvp.com
>> >
>> >
>> > "Rob Harrington" <Rob > wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:...
>> > > In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and
>> > > selected
>> > > PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file
>> > > (stored in
>> > > a
>> > > SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control,
>> > > but it
>> > > doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then
>> > > tried
>> > > to
>> > > set the src property programattically in the onload event for the
>> > > form,
>> > > but
>> > > there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
>> > > editor.
>> > >
>> > > Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF
>> > > document
>> > > in my form without having to click the link and have it open in
>> > > another
>> > > window.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance for your help.
>> > >
>> > > -Rob Harrington
>> >
>> >
>> >

"Rob Harrington" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I figured out how to turn on the web browser control and I added it to my
> form, but when I try webBrowser3.Navigate = "www.mydomain.com" I get an
> error
> that this method is not supported. I don't see a SRC or URL method - how
> to I
> send a URL to my control?
>
> -Rob
>
> "Rob Harrington" wrote:
>
>> Thank you Arvin. Where do I find the browser control? it doesn't show up
>> as
>> one of the available activeX controls. Can you point me to an example or
>> documentation?
>>
>> -Rob Harrington
>>
>> "Arvin Meyer MVP" wrote:
>>
>> > Early Adobe ActiveX did this, but Adobe made it more difficult starting
>> > with
>> > version 5.0. You might try using an IE browser control and open PDF
>> > document
>> > within that.
>> > --
>> > Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
>> > http://www.datastrat.com
>> > http://www.mvps.org/access
>> > http://www.accessmvp.com
>> >
>> >
>> > "Rob Harrington" <Rob > wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:...
>> > > In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and
>> > > selected
>> > > PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file
>> > > (stored in
>> > > a
>> > > SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control,
>> > > but it
>> > > doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then
>> > > tried
>> > > to
>> > > set the src property programattically in the onload event for the
>> > > form,
>> > > but
>> > > there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
>> > > editor.
>> > >
>> > > Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF
>> > > document
>> > > in my form without having to click the link and have it open in
>> > > another
>> > > window.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance for your help.
>> > >
>> > > -Rob Harrington
>> >
>> >
>> >

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